Lexical Definition

‎שָׁקַל‎ shâqal (shaw-kal') to weigh ^H:V
a primitive root

pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.

• to suspend or poise (especially in trade)

1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to weigh
1a2) to weigh out (a price)
1a3) of grief (fig)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be weighed
1b2) to be weighed out

See Greek: ἀποκαθίστημι · ἀποτίνω · ἵστημι · παρίστημι · συμβάλλω · τιμάω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (‎ת‎ְּ‎ק‎ַ‎ל‎ "to weigh" תְּקַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: תְּקַל
‎שָׁקַל‎ verb weigh (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic be heavy, heaviness, weight, load, Old Aramaic ‎תקל‎ weigh, Aramaic ‎תְּקַל‎, (weigh), pay, ‎תִּקְלָא‎ shekel, but also (Old Aramaic, Zinjirli) ‎שקל‎, ‎שקלן‎ Lzb³⁸²; lift up; Assyrian ša‡@âlu, weigh, ši‡lu (apparently) = ‎שֶׁקֶל‎; Ethiopic hand up, weigh; Phoenician ‎משקל‎ weight; compare Frä²⁰², also Greek σίγλος (ᵐ5 σίκλος) Lag^{M ii. 357} Lewy^{Framdw. 118 f.}; — on connection of meanings compare weigh transitive and intransitive = German wägen, wiegen, also heave, heavy, heft (= weight, obs. or colloq.)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 2Sam 14:26; Isa 40:12 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁקִל‎ Exod 22:16*, suffix ‎יִשְׁקְלֵ֫נִי‎ Job 31:6, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שָׁקוֺל‎ Job 6:2 construct ‎לִשְׁקוֺל‎ Esth 4:7 Participle active ‎שֹׁקֵל‎ Isa 33:18; 2Sam 18:12 read perhaps passive ‎שָׁקֻל‎, see infra, —

1. weigh, human subject, accusative of thing 2Sam 14:26; Isa 46:6 (‎ב‎ of scale); figurative, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject Isa 40:12 also (accusative of person) Job 31:6 (both with ‎ב‎ of scale); compare Infinitive absolute below Niph`al; weigh precious metals intrusted to one, ‎ל‎ person Ezra 8:25, ‎עַליָֿדָם‎ vEzra 8:26, accusative of thing omitted vEzra 8:29 (‎לִפְנֵי‎ of superior).

2. weigh out a price (i.e. pay): accusative of silver Exod 22:16* (E), 1Kgs 20:39; Zech 11:12; Jer 32:10 (‎ב‎ of scale), Isa 55:2 (with ‎ב‎, in exchange for); +‎ל‎ person Jer 32:9; Gen 23:16 (P); +‎עַלכַּֿפַּי‎ 2Sam 18:12 (read perhaps ‎שָׁקֻל‎, so We Kit^Kau Bu Buhl), ‎׳‎‎עַליְֿדֵי פ‎ Esth 3:9, ‎עַלגִּֿנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ Esth 4:7 Niph`al be weighed:

1. Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִשְׁקַל‎, subject of thing Ezra 8:33 (passive of Qal vEzra 8:25f.); Imperfect 3 masculine singular figurative (+ Qal Infinitive absolute), ‎לוּ שָׁקוֺל‎ ‎יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי‎ Job 6:2.

2. be weighted out, as price, Job 28:15.

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